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Takuya Kuroda

Takuya Kuroda is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, producer, and keyboardist whose records blend modern jazz with hip-hop, neo-soul, funk, and Afrobeat.

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Career Overview

About Takuya Kuroda

Kuroda’s official biography traces a move from Kobe to the United States, composition study at The New School, and work as both sideman and bandleader. It documents a leader language built from trumpet, groove, production, and influences from hip-hop, neo-soul, funk, and Afrobeat.[1]

The official music archive and artist-run Bandcamp map a leader catalog from early independent records through Rising Son, Fly Moon Die Soon, Midnight Crisp, and Everyday. Each album retains its own production and personnel rather than being treated as one permanent band.[1][2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, trumpeter, composer, and producer

Takuya Kuroda leader groups

Kuroda’s changing ensembles carry his trumpet lines and groove-centered writing across eight studio albums.[1][2]

Trumpeter and arranger

José James collaborations

The official biography documents Kuroda’s recurring work with the vocalist while preserving James’s leadership.[1]

Trumpeter, keyboardist, and collaborator

Akoya Afrobeat and beat-driven projects

Kuroda’s profile connects Afrobeat and hip-hop experience to the production vocabulary of his leader records.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2014 · Blue Note Records

Rising Son

Leader, trumpeter, composer, and arranger

The Blue Note album brought Kuroda’s trumpet writing and groove-based leader language to a wider label setting.[1][2]

Release details

2020

Fly Moon Die Soon

Leader, trumpeter, composer, and producer

The artist-authorized album deepens Kuroda’s blend of jazz improvisation, production, funk, and neo-soul.[2][3]

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2025

EVERYDAY

Leader, trumpeter, composer, producer, and keyboardist

The official biography describes an iterative home-and-studio process combining trumpet, flugelhorn, synths, Rhodes, and rhythm tracks.[1][3]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Takuya Kuroda on Bandcamp

Stream artist-authorized leader albums spanning jazz, neo-soul, funk, hip-hop, and Afrobeat.

Official music archive

Browse Kuroda’s full studio chronology, videos, and canonical release links.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Takuya Kuroda. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

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Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and recording process

    Takuya Kuroda

  2. [2] Official leader music archive

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  3. [3] Artist-run recording catalog

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